Quicklisp news

New projects: changed-stream, cl-abstract-classes, cl-fuse-meta-fs, cl-gearman, cl-ntriples, cl-prime-maker, cl-sentiment, cl-table, common-lisp-stat, curve, djula, fast-io, generic-sequences, parseltongue, stringprep, symbol-namespaces, trivial-lazy, vector.

Updated projects: archive, asdf-utils, backports, bknr-datastore, bknr-web, buildnode, cffi-objects, chillax, cl+ssl, cl-async, cl-closure-template, cl-dbi, cl-difflib, cl-erlang-term, cl-haml, cl-html-diff, cl-inotify, cl-libevent2, cl-log, cl-murmurhash, cl-mustache, cl-neo4j, cl-opengl, cl-openid, cl-protobufs, cl-rdfxml, cl-redis, cl-s3, cl-sanitize, cl-unification, clack, cleric, clfswm, closer-mop, clsql, clsql-helper, coleslaw, colorize, com.informatimago, commonqt, contextl, dynamic-classes, exscribe, fnv, formlets, gbbopen, genworks-gdl, glu-tessellate, gtk-cffi, hu.dwim.asdf, ieee-floats, incognito-keywords, inferior-shell, iterate, lisp-unit, lparallel, metabang-bind, mgl, more-conditions, open-vrp, optima, png-read, portableaserve, postmodern, pzmq, repl-utilities, restas, restas-directory-publisher, rutils, s-base64, s-http-client, s-http-server, s-sysdeps, s-utils, shadchen, slime, spinneret, wu-decimal, wuwei, xhtmlgen, yason, zs3.

Removed projects: coretest, fcgi, genhash.

This update actually came out a few days ago, but I've been too busy to announce it.

To get the update, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp")

Enjoy!

There are a number of projects that are currently in Quicklisp, but for which the original source is now lost. I'm not sure whether to include them in future dist updates. Here's a rundown:

• cl-difflib and cl-html-diff: host lemonodor.com has stopped working. update David pointed out in the comments that these projects are available in github.
• coretest: project owner on github (trialcodr) is deleted
• fcgi: host tehran.lain.pl has stopped working
• genhash: host src.hexapodia.net has stopped working

Quickdist is an interesting third-party project to create your own dists.

A new version of the Quicklisp client is now available. You can get it via (ql:update-client).

This update provides a few minor changes:

• ql:system-apropos returns no values
• ql:system-not-found and ql:system-not-found-name are now exported. The former names the condition signaled when a system is not found, and the latter names a reader that returns the name of the missing system.
• (ql:who-depends-on system-name) will return a list of the names of systems that depend on the system in question.
• On ABCL, a few network functions are taken from the EXT package rather than the SYSTEM package

New projects: bubble-operator-upwards, cl-bert, cl-erlang-term, cl-fam, cl-fuse, cl-libevent2, cl-proj, cl-tulip-graph, defstar, enhanced-eval-when, enhanced-multiple-value-bind, fare-quasiquote, green-threads, incognito-keywords, more-conditions, multiple-value-variants, parse-number-range, scriptl, simple-rgb, zaws.

Updated projects: array-operations, asdf-utils, babel, backports, buildnode, cl+ssl, cl-annot, cl-async, cl-base32, cl-bencode, cl-blapack, cl-cheshire-cat, cl-closure-template, cl-csv, cl-dbi, cl-docutils, cl-gendoc, cl-i18n, cl-inflector, cl-json, cl-langutils, cl-llvm, cl-marshal, cl-match, cl-mediawiki, cl-mongo-id, cl-mustache, cl-num-utils, cl-oauth, cl-parser-combinators, cl-permutation, cl-protobufs, cl-redis, cl-syslog, clack, cleric, clfswm, closer-mop, clsql-helper, clsql-orm, clx, collectors, com.clearly-useful.generic-collection-interface, com.clearly-useful.protocols, com.informatimago, css-selectors, data-table, declt, dlist, docbrowser, doplus, drakma, elf, exscribe, fare-matcher, fare-utils, fnv, gbbopen, genworks-gdl, group-by, hh-redblack, hh-web, hu.dwim.syntax-sugar, hunchentoot, hunchentoot-cgi, inferior-shell, ironclad, jsown, lisp-executable, lisp-interface-library, lisp-unit, lparallel, md5, minheap, nibbles, open-vrp, optima, parse-float, place-modifiers, portableaserve, postmodern, rpc4cl, rutils, scribble, shelly, simple-date-time, sip-hash, slime, swank-client, swank-crew, symbol-munger, talcl, toot, trivial-ldap, weblocks, wu-decimal, xcvb, yason.

Removed projects: cl-pattern, latex-table, parseltongue, vcs-tree.

To get the update, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp")

Here are the top 100 project downloads for October:

 1812 alexandria
 1502 trivial-features
 1391 slime
 1225 babel
 1207 cffi
 1115 trivial-gray-streams
 1113 cl+ssl
 1043 flexi-streams
 976 quicklisp-slime-helper
 943 trivial-garbage
 902 cl-fad
 871 rfc2388
 865 cl-ppcre
 838 bordeaux-threads
 752 trivial-backtrace
 709 hunchentoot
 694 usocket
 683 drakma
 613 closer-mop
 597 iterate
 585 cl-base64
 580 chunga
 543 cl-who
 500 parenscript
 500 md5
 484 puri
 472 nibbles
 456 local-time
 455 split-sequence
 426 uffi
 410 cl-glfw
 406 salza2
 395 fare-utils
 366 anaphora
 364 cl-json
 358 named-readtables
 350 cl-vectors
 342 clx
 300 ironclad
 296 metatilities-base
 284 zpng
 280 zpb-ttf
 280 asdf-utils
 278 xcvb
 262 metabang-bind
 251 vecto
 251 lispbuilder
 237 clsql
 235 html-template
 228 postmodern
 213 fare-matcher
 211 cl-opengl
 206 plokami
 203 asdf-system-connections
 195 weblocks
 193 clack
 192 osicat
 188 s-xml
 175 closure-common
 172 cl-containers
 168 parse-number
 164 cxml
 163 lisp-unit
 153 mcclim
 149 restas
 146 f-underscore
 145 cl-cont
 142 moptilities
 139 elephant
 138 trivial-timeout
 137 trivial-shell
 135 metatilities
 134 lparallel
 134 cl-annot
 133 cl-unicode
 133 cl-syntax
 130 yason
 130 chipz
 127 portableaserve
 127 hu.dwim.asdf
 126 quickproject
 124 cl-irc
 123 fiveam
 122 iolib
 121 trivial-types
 118 linedit
 118 closure-html
 117 madeira-port
 116 cl-pdf
 115 cl-oauth
 114 cl-cairo2
 113 antik
 111 esrap
 110 trivial-utf-8
 108 ltk
 106 plexippus-xpath
 106 gsll
 105 let-plus
 104 xmls
 104 cl-gtk2

New projects: anaphoric-variants, asdf-project-helper, cheat-js, cl-async, cl-bplustree, cl-case-control, cl-html5-parser, cl-netstrings, clavatar, com.clearly-useful.generic-collection-interface, com.clearly-useful.iterate-plus, extended-reals, intercom, macro-level, percent-encoding, positional-lambda.

Updated projects: asdf-encodings, asdf-finalizers, asdf-utils, backports, binascii, cffi-objects, chillax, chipz, cl+ssl, cl-6502, cl-azure, cl-bencode, cl-clon, cl-closure-template, cl-fbclient, cl-freetype2, cl-generic-arithmetic, cl-i18n, cl-irc, cl-num-utils, cl-oauth, cl-permutation, cl-protobufs, cl-random, clack, clfswm, clhs, clx-truetype, coleslaw, com.clearly-useful.iterator-protocol, com.clearly-useful.protocols, com.informatimago, cxml-rpc, declt, drakma, esrap, exscribe, fare-utils, firephp, folio, genworks-gdl, gtk-cffi, hu.dwim.asdf, hu.dwim.def, hu.dwim.perec, hu.dwim.syntax-sugar, hu.dwim.util, inferior-shell, infix-dollar-reader, jsown, let-plus, lisp-executable, lisp-interface-library, lisp-unit, lla, local-time, log4cl, lparallel, mgl, montezuma, nibbles, open-vrp, optima, parenscript, parse-float, postmodern, restas, rfc2388, rutils, sexml, stp-query, thread.comm.rendezvous, trivial-dump-core, umlisp, xcvb, zpb-exif.

Removed projects: com.clearly-useful.sequence-protocol.

To get the update, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp"). Enjoy!

Quicklisp is two years old. I'm happy with all the nice things Quicklisp has done for people, thankful for all the support people have shown (both morally and financially), a little bummed that it's still "beta" instead of "version 6", but hopeful that I'll be able to continue making Quicklisp better, little by little, as time goes on.

Happy birthday, Quicklisp!

New projects: cartesian-product-switch, cl-cheshire-cat, cl-grace, coleslaw, com.clearly-useful.iterator-protocol, com.clearly-useful.protocols, com.clearly-useful.sequence-protocol, formlets, glu-tessellate, infix-dollar-reader, lambda-lift, optima, place-modifiers, pzmq.

Updated projects: [work in progress]

Removed projects: cl-adt, glu-tessellation.

To get this update, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp").

If you upgraded to the latest Quicklisp dist and tried to load certain libraries, you might find yourself staring at an infinite loop of "Loading asdf..."

This was caused by how Quicklisp handles missing libraries. The general process is something like this:

1. Try to load library "foo"
2. Handle a asdf:missing-dependency error specifying library "bar"
3. Load library "bar"
4. Go back to step 1

New projects: Open-VRP, able, arnesi+, asdf-finalizers, asdf-utils, cgn, cl-epoch, cl-fbclient, cl-nxt, clsql-helper, clx-cursor, clx-truetype, daemon, dartsclhashtree, dartsclsequencemetrics, glu-tessellation, letrec, ltk, make-hash, map-bind, mop-utils, romreader, stp-query, submarine, synonyms.

Updated projects: access, asdf-dependency-grovel, asdf-encodings, backports, caveman, cffi-objects, cl-6502, cl-blapack, cl-csv, cl-dbi, cl-docutils, cl-gdata, cl-i18n, cl-llvm, cl-mediawiki, cl-murmurhash, cl-opengl, cl-openstack, cl-permutation, cl-project, cl-protobufs, cl-quickcheck, clack, clfswm, closer-mop, clsql-orm, clx-xkeyboard, com.informatimago, command-line-arguments, conduit-packages, coretest, docbrowser, exscribe, fare-matcher, fare-memoization, fare-utils, floating-point, gbbopen, genworks-gdl, glop, gtk-cffi, hh-web, inferior-shell, lisp-interface-library, lparallel, meta, nibbles, ningle, postmodern, quid-pro-quo, quux-time, repl-utilities, rutils, scribble, sexml, shadchen, sip-hash, slime, symbol-munger, trivial-garbage, uri-template, weblocks, xcvb, zs3.

Ltk seems like a fantastic idea. I don't personally use it, but I like that there's a fairly simple and easy option for people who want to make a GUI with Common Lisp.

Unfortunately, it doesn't build on SBCL any more. SBCL exports sb-ext:exit (eventually replacing sb-ext:quit), and a package in Ltk triggers a package lock conflict because of it. I've emailed Peter Herth about the build failure, but a few months have passed and the problem persists.

Does anyone who reads this blog use Ltk? Would you be upset if Ltk is dropped from Quicklisp until the issue is fixed?

An ASDF system definition can have a :version option. Only one format is supported: one or more integers separated by dots.

These are valid ASDF system versions: "42", "1.8", "2.0.61". These are invalid ASDF system versions: "v1.0", "2.0b", "2004-08-01", "1.0-SNAPSHOT".

If you load a system with an invalid version string, ASDF gives a warning: WARNING: Invalid version "FOO" for component "bar"

If you want to include a version in your ASDF system, please use a valid format. If your software's versioning can't fit into that kind of format, consider putting it in a different field, like :description.

This update took longer than I wanted it to. It's been a really busy summer for non-hacking-related stuff, I had some trouble with ZS3 and Ironclad, and Ltk is broken on the latest SBCL. Those things, and more, kept pushing things further and further back, but I think things are as good as they can be for now.

Fare took this photo of my Quicklisp presentation at the Boston Lisp Meeting two weeks ago. That's RMS in the background; he asked a topical question about my licensing policy. Fare's entire set is available on Picasa.

I hope to publish the slides and source code soon. Audio recording equipment was present, but I don't know if there will be audio available.

It looks like I have found a temporary workaround for my S3 problems, and the current dist is fully available to load. You can get it with (ql:update-dist "quicklisp"). I'm sorry for the muddled way in which this update took place, and hope to figure out the Amazon issues and do more testing for the next release.

I am a huge fan of Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3). It's allowed me to host Quicklisp data cheaply and reliably for a long time.

However, over the past few days, I've run into some permission problems with the Quicklisp S3 objects, and the latest Quicklisp dist update is damaged as a result. Files that seem to be present are not actually available for download, and I'm not sure why.

I don't recommend updating your Quicklisp dist until this problem is resolved. I hope to fix it within the next 24 hours. Sorry for the inconvenience!

The May 2012 update of Quicklisp is finally available. You can get it with (ql:update-dist "quicklisp").

New projects: checkl, cl-crypt, cl-ev, cl-gendoc, cl-mongo-id, clx-xembed, docbrowser, donuts, escalator, hinge, lisp-zmq, m2cl, madeira-port, minheap, repl-utilities, sapaclisp, sexml, shelly, swank-crew, temporary-file, time-interval.

Updated projects: access, adw-charting, alexandria, antik, bknr-datastore, bknr-web, blackthorn-engine, blackthorn-engine-3d, buildnode, caveman, cells, cells-gtk3, cffi, cffi-objects, chillax, chronicity, cl+ssl, cl-azure, cl-bibtex, cl-cairo2, cl-closure-template, cl-csv, cl-data-format-validation, cl-dbi, cl-decimals, cl-docutils, cl-dot, cl-enumeration, cl-freetype2, cl-fsnotify, cl-gd, cl-gdata, cl-geometry, cl-glfw, cl-graph, cl-gtk2, cl-haml, cl-iconv, cl-inflector, cl-irregsexp, cl-kyoto-cabinet, cl-l10n-cldr, cl-locale, cl-m4, cl-markup, cl-marshal, cl-mediawiki, cl-mustache, cl-openal, cl-opengl, cl-openid, cl-pdf, cl-project, cl-random, cl-redis, cl-sam, cl-syntax, cl-test-more, cl-tuples, cl-unicode, cl-vectors, cl-yahoo-finance, clack, clfswm, clhs, clonsigna, closer-mop, closure-html, clsql, clws, clx, com.google.base, com.informatimago, common-lisp-actors, commonqt, contextl, cxml-stp, dbus, de.setf.wilbur, deoxybyte-gzip, deoxybyte-io, deoxybyte-systems, deoxybyte-unix, dlist, doplus, ec2, elephant, exscribe, ext-blog, external-program, f2cl, fare-memoization, fare-utils, fnv, fomus, gbbopen, genworks-gdl, getopt, glop, gordon, gsharp, gsll, gtk-cffi, hemlock, hu.dwim.common, hu.dwim.def, hu.dwim.perec, hu.dwim.rdbms, hu.dwim.reiterate, hu.dwim.stefil, hu.dwim.syntax-sugar, hu.dwim.util, imago, inferior-shell, inotify, iterate, js-parser, jwacs, kl-verify, lambda-gtk, lambda-reader, lift, linedit, lisp-executable, lisp-on-lines, lisp-unit, lispbuilder, lml, local-time, log4cl, lparallel, mcclim, metatilities-base, modf, monkeylib-markup, monkeylib-utilities, montezuma, mtlisp, myweb, napa-fft3, nibbles, ningle, opticl, paiprolog, parseltongue, pettomato-indexed-priority-queue, phemlock, pipes, place-utils, plain-odbc, plexippus-xpath, portableaserve, postmodern, postoffice, protobuf, queues, quid-pro-quo, rcl, reversi, rlc, rutils, s-http-client, s-http-server, s-xml, sb-cga, sb-fastcgi, sequence-iterators, sheeple, slime, spinneret, st-json, sw-stm, teepeedee2, telnetlib, toadstool, toot, trivial-backtrace, ucw, uffi, unicly, unit-test, uuid, verrazano, weblocks, wuwei, xcvb, yaclml, zsort.

Removed projects: cl-opencv, com.informatimago.rdp.

On an unrelated note, on Thursday I gave a talk at the Boston Lisp Meeting called "Inside the Quicklisp Sausage Factory", about the code I use to manage these monthly releases. I'll publish the slides and the software sometime in the next few weeks.

I'm headed down from Maine to give a talk in Boston tonight about Quicklisp. It will be in the Star Conference Room in the Stata Center at MIT at 6pm. I hope to give you a better idea about what Quicklisp dists are and how I produce them on a monthly (hah!) basis. I'm going to cover the software I use that has never been released or discussed publicly before.

I look forward to seeing old Lisp friends and meeting new people, too! If you're in the Boston area, come on over and hang out!

I usually like to update Quicklisp libraries on the first weekend of each month. A few things conspired to delay me this time around, but I hope to have updates published by this Sunday, May 13th.

The coming update includes version 0.10.7.1 of CFFI, (削除) which has a handful of backwards-incompatible changes. For the most part, Quicklisp projects have been updated to fix compile-time problems with CFFI compatibility. There remains the possibility that some problems lurk that will only appear at runtime. If you work on a project that relies on CFFI, you may want to run it through its paces with the new version to make sure everything still works properly. (削除ここまで)

update I was wrong about the CFFI updates. There haven't been any backwards-incompatible changes from 0.10.6 to 0.10.7.1. Sorry for the confusion.

If you use Emacs 22 or older, you might encounter a problem with this month's SLIME. It will be fixed in the next release.

There's a new Quicklisp dist update available. You can get it with (ql:update-dist "quicklisp").


New projects: btrie, cambl, cl-fsnotify, cl-general-accumulator, cl-hooks, cl-mustache, cl-op, cl-opencv, cl-stopwatch, clickr, clod, method-combination-utilities, ningle, org-davep-dict, org-davep-dictrepl, periods, printf, quid-pro-quo, spinneret.

Updated projects: access, alexandria, asdf-dependency-grovel, babel, binascii, buildapp, buildnode, caveman, circular-streams, cl-cairo2, cl-clon, cl-data-format-validation, cl-dbi, cl-decimals, cl-fastcgi, cl-gdata, cl-haml, cl-heap, cl-jpeg, cl-libxml2, cl-mediawiki, cl-mw, cl-num-utils, cl-oauth, cl-parser-combinators, cl-project, cl-random, cl-test-more, cl-tk, cl-typesetting, cl-yahoo-finance, clack, clhs, clonsigna, closer-mop, clouchdb, clpmr, com.informatimago, com.informatimago.rdp, common-lisp-actors, contextl, css-lite, curly, defmemo, deoxybyte-gzip, deoxybyte-io, deoxybyte-unix, deoxybyte-utilities, do-urlencode, doplus, esrap, fare-memoization, gbbopen, genworks-gdl, gtk-cffi, hemlock, inferior-shell, ironclad, latex-table, let-plus, lisa, lisp-gflags, lla, log4cl, lparallel, metatilities-base, nibbles, opticl, osc, osicat, package-renaming, portableaserve, postmodern, protobuf, quickproject, reader-interception, recursive-regex, rpm, sb-cga, sclf, shadchen, shuffletron, slime, toot, trivial-features, trivial-shell, trivial-types, wuwei, xcvb, zsort.

Removed projects: cl-2d.

Alexandria had a bug that broke its copy-file function. This busted several things, including, critically, quicklisp-slime-helper. So, for the first time, I've done a dist update way ahead of schedule for a bugfix. To get the update with the fixed version of Alexandria, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp").

A number of other projects were updated, too. Here's a summary:

New projects: cl-llvm, defmemo, genworks-gdl, rpm.

Updated projects: alexandria, clouchdb, com.google.base, com.informatimago, gbbopen, gtk-cffi, hemlock, lisp-gflags, log4cl, metatilities-base, mime4cl, slime, spatial-trees, static-vectors, wuwei, xcvb.

update/warning: The version of Alexandria in this dist release has a serious bug in copy-stream. Once it's fixed I'll be pushing out a quick update of the March dist. If you haven't updated yet, you should wait until a new announcement.

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There's a new Quicklisp dist update available. To get it, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp").

In general, I try to publish dist updates on the first weekend of each month. This update slipped a few days. I hope to make the next update on April 7th or 8th.

Changes

New projects: cffi-objects, circular-streams, cl-emacs-if, cl-freetype2, cl-gap-buffer, cl-haml, cl-messagepack, fare-memoization, firephp, inferior-shell, log4cl, marching-cubes, multival-plist, package-renaming, reader-interception, weblocks, zsort.

Updated projects: alexandria, atdoc, caveman, chillax, cl+ssl, cl-azure, cl-cairo2, cl-cli-parser, cl-closure-template, cl-gdata, cl-i18n, cl-inotify, cl-jpeg, cl-kanren-trs, cl-oauth, cl-parser-combinators, cl-portaudio, cl-routes, clack, clfswm, clhs, clonsigna, closer-mop, clpmr, clsql, cobstor, com.informatimago, com.informatimago.rdp, commonqt, contextl, css-selectors, doplus, drakma, exscribe, f2cl, fare-csv, fare-mop, fare-utils, gbbopen, glaw, glop, gtk-cffi, hemlock, hunchentoot, lambda-reader, let-plus, lift, mcclim, mime4cl, mixalot, montezuma, opticl, parse-js, pettomato-indexed-priority-queue, pg, phemlock, postmodern, protobuf, restas, rucksack, rutils, s-xml, sclf, shadchen, slime, smtp4cl, swank-client, trivial-dump-core, trivial-ldap, uri-template, usocket, wuwei, xcvb, xuriella, yason.

Removed projects: cl-llvm.

New projects: city-hash, cl-dbi, cl-gdata, cl-portaudio, cl-variates, clesh, clhs, dlist, monkeylib-json, monkeylib-parser, napa-fft3, parseltongue, persistent-tables, random-access-lists, shadchen, swank-client, toadstool, trivial-dump-core.

Updated projects: alexandria, babel, blackthorn-engine, blackthorn-engine-3d, caveman, chipz, cl-2d, cl-azure, cl-cairo2, cl-csv, cl-decimals, cl-dropbox, cl-enumeration, cl-i18n, cl-libxml2, cl-llvm, cl-mongo, cl-mssql, cl-murmurhash, cl-mysql, cl-num-utils, cl-oauth, cl-project, cl-random, cl-redis, cl-scribd, cl-twitter, cl-unification, cl-yahoo-finance, clack, clazy, clfswm, closer-mop, collectors, com.informatimago, com.informatimago.rdp, css-lite, drakma, ext-blog, gbbopen, gtfl, gtk-cffi, ht-simple-ajax, hu.dwim.util, js, latex-table, lift, linedit, lisp-on-lines, lla, lparallel, manifest, metabang-bind, metatilities-base, misc-extensions, mixalot, monkeylib-markup, monkeylib-markup-html, monkeylib-pathnames, monkeylib-prose-diff, monkeylib-utilities, parenscript, perfpiece, png-read, priority-queue, protobuf, quickproject, rutils, shuffletron, slime, toot, yason, zs3.

Removed projects: monkeylib-foo.

My CDB changes to the Quicklisp clients caused a few subtle problems.

First, the system CDB file was built with incorrect keys. That could lead to a spurious SYSTEM-NOT-FOUND error when trying to use ql:quickload something.

Second, the CDB files were not cleared out when updating dist metadata. The CDB indexes would point to old systems and software even after everything was meant to be updated.

If you run into a Quicklisp problem that seems like it might be related to these issues, here's a way to fix things:

1. (ql:update-client) to make sure you have the latest client
2. Restart your Lisp
3. (in-package #:ql-dist-user)
4. (map nil 'delete-file (directory (relative-to (dist "quicklisp") "*.cdb")))

There's an updated Quicklisp client available now. This version fixes up several problems with the support for looking up metadata in CDB files. To get the new client, use (ql:update-client).

I've also updated the software available in Quicklisp. To get the update, use (ql:update-dist "quicklisp").

New projects:

• bitfield-schema - SIMPLE-BIT-VECTOR low level routines and convenient eDSL over it.
• cl-bloom - Simple Bloom filters with efficient hashing.
• cl-dropbox - Common Lisp Client for the Dropbox API.
• cl-gpu
• cl-murmurhash - 32-bit version of MurmurHash3.
• cl-rsvg2 - Bindings for RSVG Library.
• cl-sam
• cl-scribd - Commong Lisp Client for the Scribd API.
• cl-yahoo-finance - CL interface to Yahoo's finance API
• computable-reals - Computable real numbers.
• deoxybyte-unix
• do-urlencode - Percent Encoding (aka URL Encoding) library
• ext-blog - A BLOG engine which supports custom theme
• image - An image-drawing with some drawing primitives
• kl-verify - A library to generate simple verify code picture
• lisp-executable - Library for defining and creating executables that can be called from the Unix shell.
• pettomato-deque - A set of double-ended queue implementations.
• pettomato-indexed-priority-queue - A binary heap based priority queue implementation with efficient support for find, update, replace, and delete operations.
• priority-queue - A priority queue for Common Lisp.
• restas.file-publisher - A restas module which can publish static files
• stumpwm - A tiling, keyboard driven window manager

Updated projects: 3b-swf, 3bil, 3bmd, babel, bknr-datastore, cl-azure, cl-csv, cl-data-format-validation, cl-docutils, cl-fluidinfo, cl-llvm, cl-locale, cl-marshal, cl-oauth, cl-opengl, cl-quickcheck, cl-stomp, cl-string-complete, clack, clfswm, closer-mop, clpmr, clsql, cobstor, collectors, data-table, deoxybyte-gzip, deoxybyte-io, deoxybyte-systems, diff, doplus, fare-utils, gbbopen, gtk-cffi, hu.dwim.asdf, hu.dwim.delico, hu.dwim.logger, hu.dwim.perec, hu.dwim.rdbms, hu.dwim.reiterate, hu.dwim.stefil, hu.dwim.syntax-sugar, hu.dwim.util, hu.dwim.walker, idna, let-plus, lhstats, linedit, lisp-unit, lla, manifest, mime4cl, mixalot, monkeylib-html, relational-objects-for-lisp, restas, restas-directory-publisher, rfc2388, sclf, shuffletron, slime, static-vectors, stem, thread-pool, toot, trivial-features, trivial-garbage, uffi, wuwei, xcvb, yason, zcdb.

Removed projects: cl-bson-tim.

If you have a project that is available in Quicklisp, please check your system definition. Make sure it has useful metadata in it, like :description, :author, and :license. Several systems have empty description strings; for me, that's worse than a missing description.

SLIME has been updated with a new wire protocol. Please report any SLIME issues to the SLIME maintainers.

If you have any problems getting or using Quicklisp updates, let me know by email or on the Quicklisp mailing list.

Quicklisp uses two text files for information about project releases (releases.txt) and systems (systems.txt). Whenever information about a system was needed (for example, where its system file can be found), both files were loaded completely, from scratch.

I made it that way because it was pretty easy. People immediately noticed that it was also pretty slow, especially when using (asdf:load-system "...") instead of (ql:quickload "..."). The penalty for frequent loading and reloading of the metadata got worse as the number of Quicklisp systems grew.

Today I released a client update that can load metadata from a fast on-disk hash table, a CDB file. The big flat files are converted to CDB once, as needed, and thereafter getting metadata is super-speedy. On my laptop, the improvement for lookups is about 100x; your results will depend on the speed of your disk.

To get the update, use (ql:update-client) and restart Lisp.

If this change causes you any trouble, please let me know via the Quicklisp mailing list.

UPDATE: This change causes trouble. I'm going to put out a fix as soon as I can. Please don't update; if you did update, you can revert with something like this:

cd ~/quicklisp/
wget http://beta.quicklisp.org/quickstart/quicklisp-2011111500.tgz
tar xzvf quicklisp-2011111500.tgz
rm -rf ~/.cache/common-lisp/

UPDATE 2: I can't reproduce the trouble I saw earlier. If you run into trouble, let me know. I really need cases I can reproduce to fix things.

UPDATE 3: Thanks to Mike Clarke, I found a serious problem with the CDB scheme. A fix will be available within a day or two.